misc986678	England v New Zealand
	Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes 2024/25 (Bowl)
Venue	Mission Road Ground, Hong Kong on 3rd November 2024 (6-over match)
Balls per over	6
Players	6 per side
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 8 runs
Points	England 2; New Zealand 0
Umpires	Niaz Ali, J Prakash
TV umpire	SJ D'Cruz
Referee	G Sankaranarayanan
Reserve Umpire	HJ Tukrul
Player of the Match	RS Bopara

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England innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*RS Bopara	not out	62	15		3	8	413.33
SR Patel	b Astle	9	6		-	1	150.00
JA Thompson	c McIntyre b Kapur	25	7		-	4	357.14
EG Barnard	not out	19	5		-	3	380.00
EA Brookes	c Dixit b Kapur	0	2		-	-	0.00
+AL Davies	c McIntyre b Kapur	0	1		-	-	0.00
Extras	(1 w)	1
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 6 overs)	116
Fall of wickets:
1-72 (Patel, 3.5 ov), 2-91 (Thompson, 4.3 ov), 3-91 (Brookes, 4.5 ov), 4-91 (Davies, 4.6 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Cassidy	2	0	47	0	-	-	-	23.50
McIntyre	1	0	17	0	-	-	-	17.00
Dixit	1	0	20	0	-	-	-	20.00
Astle	1	0	19	1	-	-	6.00	19.00
Kapur	1	0	13	3	1	-	2.00	13.00

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New Zealand innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*TD Astle	run out (Davies->Bopara)	14	6		-	2	233.33
S Dixit	c Thompson b Brookes	45	18		5	3	250.00
+XE Bell	not out	31	10		4	2	310.00
SJ Cassidy	not out	12	2		-	2	600.00
R Kapur	did not bat
HWW McIntyre	did not bat
Extras	(6 w)	6
Total	(2 wickets, innings closed, 6 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-49 (Astle, 2.4 ov), 2-82 (Dixit, 5.1 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Patel	2	0	28	0	1	-	-	14.00
Barnard	1	0	16	0	1	-	-	16.00
Bopara	1	0	19	0	1	-	-	19.00
Thompson	1	0	19	0	1	-	-	19.00
Brookes	1	0	26	1	1	-	6.00	26.00

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Notes
--> The last man standing rule applied for this match - when only one not out batsman remained the player continued batting with a runner until dismissed
--> RS Bopara retired not out in the England innings having scored 50 (team score 59/0) - he returned when the score was 91/4 (retired after 3 overs)

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